Course Taster Sessions

Meet Your Lecturers

Get a taste of what you’ll actually be studying with our subject talks, led by the people who’ll be teaching you.

👇 Check out all the course talks happening, and don’t miss the Welcome Talk at 10am to kick things off!

Diagnostic Radiography

A day in the life of a radiographer

10:45 – 12:15

V114, K2 Building

Explore our Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training, which allows you to practice treatment in a simulated radiotherapy treatment room, then observe how the masks used during treatments are made.

Therapeutic Radiography

A day in the life of a radiographer

10:45 – 12:15

V201, K2 Building

Explore our Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training, which allows you to practice treatment in a simulated radiotherapy treatment room, then observe how the masks used during treatments are made.

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Occupational Therapy

Case study - Applying occupational therapy skills (activity analysis)

11:00 – 12:00

V219, K2 Building

In this interactive session you will discuss the role an occupational therapist plays when supporting individuals with performing occupations. After observing a member of the LSBU's People's Academy completing a daily task, you will discuss the many components needed when working with individuals with different conditions.

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Operating Department Practice

ODP clinical skills practice

10:45 – 12:15

V318, K2 Building

Get hands on in this practical workshop in our ODP skills lab. Meet the SimMan and airway manikins.

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Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy Practical

10:45 – 12:15

V211 - K2 Building

Get hands on in this practical seminar in our Physiotherapy skills lab.

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Social Work

What makes a good Social Worker?

10:45 - 11:30

Lecture Theatre A - Keyworth Building

In this interactive workshop you will consider the skills and qualities that make a good Social Worker and discuss how you can apply these on placements and into your career. Take inspiration from our Spotify podcast series "A Day in the Life of a Social Worker", in which the Social Work team interview Alumni now working in the sector.

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Sport Rehabilitation

Importance of developing strength in rehabilitation

10:45 - 12:15

V211, K2 Building

Get hands on in this practical seminar in our Sport Rehab skills lab.

Baking and Science Technology

Unlocking Baking Science and Technology

10:45 - 12:15

Kirkland Lecture Theatre, J104 - Joesph Lancaster Building

Meet The National Bakery School Team and understand the skills, knowledge and technical aspects used within the baking sector. From informative talks, tours of the oldest baking institution in the world and information about careers. Whether you want to be an entrepreneur within the baking sector, a chocolatier, a pastry chef or hear about the art of sourdough fermentation, the National Bakery School can help you realise your professional ambitions.

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Biomedical Science

Unlocking Biomedical Science

10:45 - 12:15

E259 - Extension Block

Embark on an exciting journey into the world of biological enemies from pathogens to parastites and explore how scientists are working tirelessly in this field. We’ll also explore the practical aspects of the subject, focusing on employability. From lab technicians to research scientists, the skills you develop here open up numerous career paths. We’ll highlight potential placements and internship opportunities, allowing you to gain hands-on experience in the field.

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Forensic Science

Unlocking Forensic Science

10:45 - 12:15

J-301/02 - Joesph Lancaster Building

We’ll take a tour of the cutting-edge facilities available to you during your studies. You'll have the chance to observe laboratory demonstrations that showcase the tools and techniques you'll be using to study biological enemies in action.

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Pharmaceutical Science

Unlocking Pharmaceutical Science

10:45 - 12:15

E245 - Extension Block

Join us for a discussion around all things pharmaceutical. This course will provide you with essential knowledge in microbiology, immunology, and the development of treatments that combat these biological threats. You will also have a tour of our laboratories and get to meet your lecturers.

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Psychology

Unlocking Psychology and Mini Lecture

10:45 - 12:15

Nelson Haden Lecture Theatre - Faraday Wing

Talks will include a mini-lecture from Research-active teaching staff and talks on students' perspectives, and employability. You can also preview some of the psychometric tests you can use as part of designing your own research studies on cognitive performance, neuro-psychological testing, and clinical assessment.

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Sports and Exercise Science

Unlocking Sports and Exercise Science

10:45 - 12:15

E257 - Extension Block

Meet the Sport & Exercise Science team and understand our research expertise. We will explain why LSBU is the right choice to study Sports Science and provide you with a brief demonstration of a typical athletic profiling test. There will be a tour, including visiting our state-of-the-art teaching facilities, our research laboratories and LSBU Active.

Architecture

Architecture walking tour and Q&A

10:45 - 11:30

K703, Keyworth Building

Explore our industry-standard facilities, with the London skyline as a backdrop. You will also have the opportunity to ask all of your questions about Architecture at LSBU.

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Archi-doodle drawing workshop

11:30 - 12:15

K703, Keyworth Building

Explore your creativity in our Archi-doodle drawing workshop and portfolio review session. Take part in a guided, informal drawing activity to develop ideas and visual thinking.

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Planning

Your Place, Your Town, Fix It: An introduction to Urban Planning

10:45 - 12:15

K513, Keyworth Building

Discover how cities are shaped in Your Place, Your Town, Fix It: An Introduction to Urban Planning. Explore the principles of urban design and planning and learn how planners tackle real-world challenges to create better communities.

Acting for Stage and Screen

Professional Showreel Filming Session

10:45 - 12:15

Edric Theatre, Borough Road Building

For the screen acting workshop, you’re very welcome to come along and simply observe if you prefer not to be filmed.

If you’d like to join in with the filmed activities, just bring along 10–12 lines of text that you’ve memorised. This could be from a play or a screenplay - whatever you’re most comfortable with.

Feel free to use an existing monologue you have already learnt and might have used in your audition for us or are using for auditions for other courses.

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Film and TV Practice

Introduction to Film and TV Practice

10:45 - 11:15

BRG27, Borough Road Building

This interactive workshop will enable you to go above and beyond, to think about how to create original content across a wide range of genres.

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Workshops in visual storytelling, pitching and development

11:15 - 12:15

BRG27, Borough Road Building

An opportunity to have your portfolio of work reviewed by our professional staff. This could be a link to a film, a piece of writing, a film treatment or idea, or any other piece of creative work. We will also show you around our fantastic facilities.

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Media Production

Taster Lecture: Content Creation

10:45 - 12:15

BR301, Borough Road Building

This workshop focuses on how to level up your content creation game with technical insights, research skills and industry knowledge.

Accounting and Finance, Business Management, Economics and Marketing

LSBU Business School group activity: Case study

10:45 - 11:15

Learning Lounge, Business School Building

The session begins with a brief, structured case study based on a recent global event, introducing you to the context, key stakeholders, and immediate implications with selected tensions and constraints to encourage critical questioning and an interactive discussion.

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Accounting and Finance

Modern Financial Accounting: Workshop and Q&A

11:15 - 11:45

Learning Lounge, Business School Building

Delve into your chosen field and gain valuable insights into Accounting and Finance in this interactive workshop. Work as a group on the case study.

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Business Management

Discovery and Leadership: Interactive Workshop and Q&A

11:15 - 11:45

Explore 312, Business School Building

Explore valuable insights into business management in this engaging and interactive workshop. Work as a group on the case study.

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Economics

Finance and Economics: Interactive Workshop and Q&A

11:15 - 11:45

LRC 010, Bloomberg Suite, Business School Building

Delve into your chosen field and gain valuable insights into economics. Work as a group on the case study.

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Marketing

Marketing and Communication: Workshop and Q&A

11:15 - 11:45

LRC213, Business School Building

Dive deeper into Marketing Strategies and uncover key insights about Modern Age trends in this engaging workshop. Work as a group on the case study.

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Accounting and Finance, Business Management, Economics and Marketing

LSBU Business School group activity: Case study

11:45 - 12:15

Learning Lounge, Business School Building

You'll work in small groups to explore the issues and challenges raised in the case study, considering alternative perspectives, risks, and potential courses of action.

Computer Science and Informatics

Taster Lecture: Introduction to AI

10:45 - 11:30

Chelsea Lecture Theatre

Get a first look at the world of artificial intelligence in our Taster Lecture: Introduction to AI. Explore key concepts, real-world applications, and how AI is transforming industries today and in the future.

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Explore Applied Artificial Intelligence

11:30 - 12:15

Vauxhall Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

Dive into the practical side of AI in Explore Applied Artificial Intelligence. Head to our labs to discover how artificial intelligence is used to solve real-world problems across industries and gain insight into the skills and techniques driving innovation.

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Game Design and Technology

Fun with sound for games

10:45 - 12:15

Chelsea Lecture Theatre

Get creative with audio in Fun with Sound for Games. Learn how sound effects, music, and audio design can transform gameplay and bring virtual worlds to life.

Building and Surveying

Delivering a Building: Taster Lecture

10:45 - 11:30

K507, Keyworth Building

Get an introduction to the full lifecycle of a construction project in this Delivering a Building taster lecture. Learn how professionals collaborate to take a building from initial concept through design, construction and completion.

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Creating a building: walking tour and Q&A

11:30 - 12:15

K507, Keyworth Building

Explore LSBU’s facilities in our Creating a Building walking tour and Q&A. Take a guided tour of key teaching and learning spaces and use the opportunity to ask questions about studying and creating buildings at LSBU.

Building Services Engineering

The power of structural design and heat transfer: A taster lecture

10:45 - 11:30

Training Room 3, HUB Building

Discover how innovative structural design and heat transfer principles shape the built environment in this engaging taster lecture. You’ll gain insight into how engineers use these concepts to create safe, efficient and sustainable structures.

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Visit to LSBU's Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings

11:30 – 12:15

Training Room 3, HUB Building

Take a guided visit to LSBU’s Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings and explore cutting-edge facilities focused on sustainable construction and energy efficiency. Learn how research and innovation in low-carbon technologies are shaping the future of the built environment.

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Chemical Engineering

Catalyse your career: Opportunities for Chemical Engineering graduates at LSBU

10:45 - 11:30

Training Room 1, HUB Building

Explore how an LSBU Chemical Engineering degree can catalyse your career in this focused session. Learn about graduate opportunities, industry pathways and how the course prepares you for a wide range of roles in the chemical and process industries.

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Explore and experiment: Chemical Engineering mini project and practical simulation

11:30 – 12:15

Training Room 1, HUB Building

Get hands-on with chemistry and engineering in Explore and Experiment: Chemical Engineering Mini Project and Practical Simulation. Work on a small-scale project and try out practical simulations to see how chemical engineering principles are applied in real-world scenarios.

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Civil Engineering

Engineering tomorrow: building infrastructure that endures sustainably

10:45 - 11:30

Training Room 4, HUB Building

Discover how engineers are shaping a more sustainable future in Engineering tomorrow: building infrastructure that endures sustainably. This session explores how long-lasting, resilient infrastructure is designed with environmental responsibility at its core.

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Paper tower competition

11:30 - 12:15

Training Room 4, HUB Building

Put your engineering and design skills to the test in our Paper Tower Competition. Work in teams to build the tallest, strongest tower using only paper and tape, and see how creativity and problem-solving come together in a fun, hands-on challenge.

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Electrical Engineering

Smart Systems: How intelligent devices make real-time decisions

10:45 - 11:30

Battersea Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

Discover how intelligent devices process data and respond instantly to their environment. This session unpacks the smart systems powering real-time decision-making and their impact on everyday technologies and future innovation.

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Creating smart machines: Micro controllers and robotics in action

11:30 - 12:15

Battersea Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

See technology come to life in Creating Smart Machines: Microcontrollers and Robotics in Action. Explore how microcontrollers drive robotics and smart devices, with demonstrations showing innovation and engineering in practice.

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Mechanical Engineering

From blueprints to breakthroughs: Career paths for Mechanical Engineering and Product Design graduates at LSBU

10:45 - 11:30

Blackfriars Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

Explore the possibilities in From Blueprints to Breakthroughs: Career Paths for Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Graduates at LSBU. Learn how your skills can lead to exciting roles in engineering, design, and innovation across a range of industries.

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Bioinspired Engineering / Dragonfly-inspired Drone

11:30 – 12:15

Blackfriars Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

Explore the cutting edge of engineering by learning how nature inspires technology! In this hands-on taster activity, you’ll discover how the unique flight mechanics of dragonflies are being used to design agile, efficient drones.

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Product Design and Technology

From blueprints to breakthroughs: Career paths for Mechanical Engineering and Product Design graduates at LSBU

10:45 - 11:30

Blackfriars Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

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Bioinspired Engineering / Dragonfly-inspired Drone

11:30 – 12:15

Blackfriars Lecture Theatre, HUB Building

Criminology, Education and Law

Youth Justice and Children's Rights in Action: Interactive Workshop

10:45 - 11:45

K119, Keyworth Building

A hands‑on workshop that brings youth justice to life through scenarios, debates and activities that show how children’s rights work in practice. You'll also be able to meet our teaching team and tour our specialist facilities.

Breakout sessions:

Careers in Law, Criminology and Education 11:45 – 12:15

Criminology – K119 Keyworth building
Education - K207 - Keyworth Building‎
Law - K307 - Keyworth Building

Adult Nursing

Fundamental skills lab workshop

10:45 - 11:30

V303/V304, K2 Building

Get hands-on practical skills sessions in our clinical skills lab.

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Taster lecture: monitoring and recording vital signs

11:30 - 12:15

Events Theatre, Keyworth

Get a taste of learning the theory behind the practice in this lecture on vital signs in Adult Nursing.

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Children's Nursing

Fundamental skills lab workshop

10:45 - 11:30

VG01, K2 Building

Get hands-on in practical skills sessions in our hospital ward laboratories.

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Interactive Lecture: Assessing pain in children and young people

11:30 - 12:15

VG10, K2 Building

In this interactive lecture you will consider the skills required and consider some of the challenges when assessing pain in the children and young people you will care for whilst on placement.

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Mental Health Nursing & Learning Disability Nursing

Taster Lecture: Mental Health & Learning Disability Nursing

10:45 - 11:30

Lecture Theatre B, Keyworth

Get a taste of learning the theory behind the practice in this lecture where you will consider contexts of life for people with Mental Health conditions and begin to explore the role of the Mental Health Nurse.

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Fundamental skills labs workshop

11:30 - 12:15

Lecture Theatre B, Keyworth

Get hands-on in practical skills sessions in our hospital ward laboratories.

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Midwifery

Fundamental skills lab workshop

10:45 - 11:30

V316, K2 Building

Get hands-on in practical skills sessions in our hospital ward laboratories.

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Taster Session: Examination of a newborn

11:30 - 12:15

V310, K2 Building

Get a taste of learning the theory behind the practice in this lecture on the process of examining a newborn.

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Course Taster Sessions

Allied and Community Health

Applied Health Sciences

Architecture and Planning

Arts, Film and Media Production

Business School

Computer Science and Games Design

Construction, Property and Surveying

Engineering and Design

Criminology, Education and Law

Nursing and Midwifery

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